My first cactus bloom of 2024 on Jan 5

[loyall]

M microheliopsis may not have a very showy blossom, but it means spring is on the way.

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[Tom in Tucson]

Nice pic it's most likely a https://cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Ma ... microhelia

[loyall]

Nice pic it's most likely a https://cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Ma ... microhelia

What I inferred from the CactiGuide description of M. microhelia is that the variant microheliopsis has pink-striped blossoms like mine.

[Tom in Tucson]

Nice pic it's most likely a https://cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Ma ... microhelia

What I inferred from the CactiGuide description of M. microhelia is that the variant microheliopsis has pink-striped blossoms like mine.

That opinion has been the subject of debate for decades. Some people claim that the light yellow flowered types are a result of hybridization with a closely related species such as Mammillaria elongata, while others claim that like M. giselae, both colors are not worthy of varietal recognition.

[loyall]

That opinion has been the subject of debate for decades. Some people claim that the light yellow flowered types are a result of hybridization with a closely related species such as Mammillaria elongata, while others claim that like M. giselae, both colors are not worthy of varietal recognition.


So you maintain that variant microheliopsis should not be recognized, as Daiv has done on CactiGuide.com? As a novice cactiphile I bow to your superior knowledge.